Best pair of headphones under 300?

If REAL quality is an issue, please go for REPUTABLE brands only such as B&W, Sennheiser (most affordable), Shure, Grado, Denon, AKG, Audio-Technica, Etymotic or Beyerdynamic. Things like V-Moda, Klipsch, Sony, Panasonic, JVC and Philips are ONLY "okay-ish" indeed. Please do NOT fall a victim to FASHION ACCESSORIES by buying Sol/Republic/Revolution, Noontec Zoro's, Benetton, a-jays, iFrogz, Marley, Fanny Wang, Razer, Karl Kani, WESC, Turtle, JH, Dr.Dre/Beats/Solo, Ludacris/Soul, Koss, Skullcandy, Lady GaGa, Skullcrushers, Monsters nor Bose, because they are ALL seriously overhyped and overpriced "fashion blingbling gimmicks" with a very poor durability and sound quality, NOTHING else (and those who try to claim they are good do NOT know ANYTHING about QUALITY anyway!), BE THEM FAKE OR NOT!

Also, please do NOT go for the overly thumping bass that only distorts everything else, focus on GOOD sound quality and durability IN GENERAL.

If you really like your sound quality I would take a look at Grado headphones. In my opinion Grado headphones are the best value for money when looking at sound quality. In particular I think you should look at the Grado SR225i which would fit well in your price range check. These headphones may not fit your other two categories quite as well but you defiantly make it seem like sound quality is the most important of the three.

Make sure before getting your headphones (no matter what you get) read some reviews and owner comments so you have a strong idea of what to expect.

Definitely not beats. Sennheiser is the way to go. More bang for the buck. High end headphones from $50 up to a couple hundred. Definitely reccomend this brand. I've tried Bose,

Skull candy, Beats, and many others. This was noticeably the best brand.

Bose invented the noise-canceling headphone, so the organization have got to now not have favored seeing businesses like Creative and Sennheiser waltz proper in and beat them at their possess sport. With the QuietComfort 15, nevertheless, Bose takes again the class it created. At $299.ninety five (direct), the QC 15 replaces the QuietComfort two; and whilst the extra steeply-priced and extra compact ($349.ninety five direct) QuietComfort three continues to be to be had, it lacks the brand new-and-expanded noise-canceling circuitry, that is arguably the excellent function of the QC 15. Audio continues to be a bit of too brilliant and the headphones generally tend to distort on deep bass at very prime volumes, they sound larger than earlier QuietComfort items, and something is for particular: that is essentially the most powerful noise-cancellation headphone pair you'll be able to purchase, making it our cutting-edge Editors' Choice.